Speaker Profiles
Keynote Speaker
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2020 Speakers |
Sara AreyWorkshopThe Art of Creating Powerful Affirmations for Expanding Times
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Sara Arey is an author, speaker, and energy mentor. She helps creative entrepreneurs get unstuck and realize their full potential so they can become the leaders they were born to be.
As the president and founder of Refuture Your Life, Sara guides clients through a unique process that enables them to let go of previously insurmountable mindset blocks, habits, and negative self-talk, so that they can reach new levels of success. She’s known for the way she listens with love and presence, using her highly tuned intuition and this process to help dissolve barriers that have held her clients back. The foundation of her work is the Refuturing Process™, which she created after 30 years of studying energy as a certified Reiki Master and then as a certified TAT® Trainer. Refuturing is powerful, gentle and effective energy process that allows clients to create big shifts in their lives. Even years after working with Sara, they report being more loving, confident, relaxed and creative. Sara has worked with clients from over 40 countries, both in her private client work and in professional leadership. Today, she leads online workshops and mentoring groups in addition to her work with private clients. One of Sara's greatest joys is supporting people as they connect with their own inner wisdom, discover who they are in all their uniqueness, and live a life that’s fulfilling - and fun. |
Ruthi Cohen-JoynerWorkshopUnlock Your Soul’s Infinite Wisdom with the Integration of Akashic Records and EFT
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Ruthi is gratefully addicted to yoga, meditation, Tapping, and hanging out in the Akashic field in addition to being a dynamic workshop leader, spiritual teacher, retreat leader, and coach.
She began her spiritual journey in 2009 when she found EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping and began playing with this funny looking, yet extremely effective healing modality. In 2011, she found the Tapping World Summit and she was hooked. In 2012, she did her first EFT training with Jan Luther and this was the beginning of huge, transformative shifts spiritually, emotionally, and energetically that have continued to expand and grow over the last several years. Subsequently, she did Matrix Reimprinting Training and Matrix Birth Reimprinting Training, both of which are offshoots of EFT. She continued her growth with hypnotherapy, ThetaHealing and Emotion Code training and most recently completed several courses in Akashic Record reading. In addition, she has attended several Dr. Joe Dispensa meditation retreats making daily morning meditation and regularly opening her own Akashic Records the foundation for her current spiritual growth. Today when she works with clients, she combines these healing tools in a unique and extremely effective way, working in 3 areas: Healing the past, Learning to manage the present, and Creating a vision for the future to support and encourage her clients to bring forth their own gifts, talents, and abilities. She leads meditation weekly at Flow Yoga, and offers regular local and virtual classes and workshops on a variety of spiritually enriching topics, such as growing gratitude, releasing limiting beliefs, manifesting your dreams and creating clarity for a brighter future. As she has grown in her own spiritual journey, she has learned to trust her own soul’s divine guidance, which has created an incredibly impactful way of working with clients. |
Kenji Kumara, M.A.WorkshopActivating Your 3rd Eye
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Kenji Kumara is recognized world-wide as a spiritual catalyst and is the creator of Quantum Lightweaving and Sedona Vortex Activations.
With academic training in Education, Psychology and the healing arts, Kenji serves as a facilitator of consciousness to assist those who wish to explore their personal path of illumination and awaken to their Soul’s destiny and life purpose. He serves as a “channel-holder and initiator” of expanded grounded awareness and provides a vibrational space for one’s awakening, self empowered healing and soul mastery. Upon attending one of Kenji’s intensive retreats and online series, many have reported profound life changes and clarity on their life purpose. Many receive on-going benefits such as stress relief, reversal of physical conditions and reduction and elimination of worry, anxiety and self doubt. Kenji is currently living in North Carolina, and he is one of the top healers in Asheville. |
Dr. Deborah MatthewWorkshopLove the Way You Feel! A Whole Person Approach to Health
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Dr. Matthew is the founder and Medical Director of Signature Wellness. Dr. Matthew combined her background in medicine with her interest in fitness, health and nutrition to create a complete medical wellness center.
Dr. Matthew’s area of special focus is in Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement. She has completed a 2 year advanced fellowship program in Anti-Aging, Functional and Regenerative Medicine offered by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) which incorporates over 200 hours of continuing medical education. She has passed both written and oral exams offered by the A4M and has been selected as a national and international oral examiner by the A4M – she now tests other physicians to see if they have the knowledge required to meet the standards necessary for certification. She is also a Diplomat of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine (ABIHM). Dr Matthew is the President of the North Carolina Integrative Medicine Society, member of the Institute of Functional Medicine, and is Board Certified by the American Academy of Pediatrics. |
Dr. Lisa MerrittWorkshopHearthMath
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Dr. Merritt has a passion that was passed down from her late father, Charles S. Alchermes, Jr., D.C., a well-known chiropractor and professor. Dr. Merritt offers lectures/workshops on healthy lifestyle methods. Titles such as “Boosting Your Immune System, Balancing Your Hormones, Help My Thyroid, Acupuncture Works, Spinal Care, Sports Injury Prevention, Healthy Ideas for a Sneaky Cook and Alternative Medicine”, are interesting and informative for varied groups, churches or organizations. Dr. Merritt continues to participate in advanced seminars about functional medicine, and is a member of the North Carolina Chiropractic Association.
Dr. Lisa A. Merritt is the founder Weddington Chiropractic Wellness Center and has been a resident of North Carolina since 1982. Dr. Merritt became licensed as a chiropractic physician (D.C.) in 1980. In 1999 she further progressed to become a Certified Traditional Naturopath (C.T.N.), a certified chiropractic acupuncturist (C.Ac.) and certified in chiropractic rehab physical therapeutics. The doctor’s unique specialties incorporate a structural, chemical and mental approach which offers her patients a holistic treatment to achieve healthier and more fulfilling lives. |
Kelley PalmerWorkshopWhat About Joy?
An Invitation to Center Joy In Our Lives |
Kelley Palmer is an author, coach, wellness advocate and community organizer committed to using the tools and philosophies of yoga to cultivate liberation for herself and others.She remains focused on holding space for others to make connections to sustainable tools that foster more peace, joy and ease in their lives.
Kelley is a 200 E-RYT with Yoga Alliance and a certified continuing education provider with Yoga Alliance. She is also a certified Accessible Yoga teacher and trainer. Her writing, offerings and more about her can be found at www.peacefilledmama.com |
Ashley Tisdale
Friday WorkshopSynergizing the Mind, Body, and Spirit Through Drumming and Rhythm
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As a board-certified music therapist (American Music Therapy Association) and accredited drum circle facilitator (Drum Circle Facilitators Guild/ Village Music Circles), music and rhythm are a part of my every day life. I have been facilitating rhythm based events and drum circles for 6 years and am on my way to becoming one of Village Music Circles global drum circle facilitator trainers.
Testimonials: “Ashley Tisdale brings it! She is one of the rising stars in the next generation of facilitators of interactive rhythm experiences. You simply won’t find a brighter spirit to light up your event.” Greg Whitt, Facilitator & Educator at Drum For Change, Past-President, Drum Circle Facilitators Guild "Ashley has a special spirit in her presence as a facilitator that helps everyone believe in themselves and the potential of the group. Ashley is highly skilled in the facilitation of rhythm based events. She’s a leader in the new generation of leaders and practitioners in the drum circle community." Jim Boneau, Principal Facilitator & Leadership Coach, The Rumble Group "Ashley is a top notch facilitator of rhythm events. Her enthusiasm for helping the group come together to create music is contagious. Her caring open spirit creates a safe inclusive space. Your participants will not only have fun but will find a new way of communication and community." Nellie Hill, Music Educator, Drum Circle Facilitator, and Executive Director of the Drum Circle Facilitators Guild, Playful Spirit Adventures |
Maia TollKeynote SpeakerFinding Wild Wisdom at the Juncture of Intellect & Intuition
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Award winning writer Maia Toll has been many things— a horseback riding teacher, a clinical herbalist, and (oddly) a university professor— but by far her favorite title is author. Her best-selling Wild Wisdom series (The Illustrated Herbiary, The Illustrated Bestiary, & The Illustrated Crystallary) offers a glimpse into the knowings of the natural world and the wilds within ourselves. Maia contemplated these insights during her yearlong apprenticeship to a traditional healer in Ireland. Though apprenticeship sounds terribly romantic, it was most often lonely, leaving Maia plenty of time to listen to the ravens, roses, and rocks. She quickly learned that the world was a whole lot bigger than her human-centric upbringing had led her to believe.
When not obsessively reading books and “talking” to trees, stones, and her two dogs, Maia drinks copious amounts of tea and helps run Herbiary, a multi-city natural wellness and sacred living store she owns with her partner Andrew. She teaches and blogs to an international following at maiatoll.com where she constantly reminds people that using critical thinking skills and talking to flowers are not mutually exclusive activities. |
Yvonne VictorYour Room Maestro
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Yvonne Victor is a Certified Life and Business Coach who is dedicated to helping professional women create a balanced, sustainable and fulfilling life. She’s worked in Corporate Administration for more than 30 years and is a trained Peacekeeper and Community Advocate. In 2019, she launched her own coaching practice, as her “second act” and now coaches others to move past blocks and dream big, in order to create the life of their dreams.
As a coach and speaker, she weaves humor and storytelling into her delivery, to motivate and inspire her audience. She is the wife of one, mother of two, Road Tripper Extraordinaire and a committed Foodie, currently living a very beautiful life. |
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